UF Law Professors Tom Lin, Berta Esperanza Hernández-Truyol and Wentong Zheng, distinguished professors of immigrant background, will discuss their experiences professionally and academically at a panel, “Immigrants and the American Experience,” Tuesday at noon in HOL 285B. The event is hosted by the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA), Center for the Study of Race & Race Relations (CSRRR), Immigration Law Association (ILA), and Latino Law Student Association (LLSA). Food and sodas from Publix will be provided.

Tom C. W. Lin is assistant professor of law and assistant director of the Criminal Justice Center. His teaching and scholarship interests include business associations, corporations, contracts, securities regulation, behavioral law & economics, privacy law and white collar crime. Berta Esperanza Hernández-Truyol is Levin Mabie & Levin Professor of Law, and her teaching and scholarship interests include international human rights, issues of gender/race and Latinas/Latinos in the law, and employment discrimination. Wentong Zheng is assistant professor of law with teaching and scholarship interests in international trade, international business transactions, antitrust and competition policy, Chinese law, commercial law, and law and economics.

Criminal Justice Center hosts lunch with clemency attorney

The Criminal Justice Center is hosting a luncheon with Reggie Garcia on Feb. 27. The event, “A Clemency Attorney on a Mercy Mission,” takes place at noon in the Martin H. Levin Advocacy Center. Topics to be discussed include why clemency matters to clients; restoration of civil rights; full pardon & firearm authority; and prison commutations. Seating is limited. Interested students should arrive early with prepared questions for Garcia.

LIC Notes: Internet Time Travel: The Wayback Machine

Have you ever tried to locate a document online, only to find that it has been removed? You may still be able to retrieve it using the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. The Wayback Machine allows you to enter a web address and check to see if there is at least one archived version of it on the Internet Archive. With more than 240 billion webpages that have been archived since 1996, the chances that your webpage has been archived are good, especially if it is a site that is linked to by many other sites that allows web crawlers to find it, such as government sites.

The Wayback Machine also has a bookmarklet feature. This feature allows you to add a link to your browser’s toolbar. When you visit a webpage and find that your document or some other important feature is missing and you now need an older version of the website, just click the Wayback Machine bookmarklet and you will be able to view the historic versions. See the Wayback Machine webpage for more details.

Law Association for Women raises more than $7K for PACE Center for Girls

The Law Association for Women raised more than $7,000 for the PACE Center for Girls. PACE provides girls and young women an opportunity for a better future through education, counseling, training and advocacy.  Each year L.A.W. raises money by holding a Professor Auction in November.

During this event L.A.W. raised nearly twice as much money as the previous year.  L.A.W. would like to thank everyone who came out to bid on professors and show support. Some of the L.A.W. members went to PACE to hand-deliver the check and meet with the girls, who were grateful and excited.

Latino Law Student Association collecting business attire

The Latino Law Student Association is asking for gently worn business attire clothing to donate to those in need. Donations will go to the Gainesville Office of the Public Defender and Dress for Success Miami. With your help, criminal defendants can attend criminal proceedings with appropriate clothing, and economically disadvantaged individuals, ex-offenders, victims of domestic abuse, foster care youths, and other individuals struggling to find employment will be able to go on job interviews. LLSA accepts shirts, blouses, suit pieces, skirts, dress pants, belts, shoes, socks, jewelry and cufflinks. Note: the LLSA is unable to provide tax receipts. Donations are being accepted today through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Sixth annual Wolf Family Lecture March 13

The topic of the sixth annual Wolf Family Lecture on the American Law of Real Property on March 13 at 11 a.m. in the Martin H. Levin Advocacy Center is “Property Law and the Rise, Life, and Demise of Racially Restrictive Covenants.” The lecture will feature Carol Rose, the Gordon Bradford Tweedy Professor Emeritus of Law and Organization and Professorial Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.

The lecture is free and open to the law school community and general public.

The Wolf Family Lecture Series was endowed by a gift from UF Law Professor Michael Allan Wolf, who holds the Richard E. Nelson Chair in Local Government Law, and his wife, Betty.

Past scholars who have delivered the Wolf Family Lecture in the American Law of Real Property include Thomas W. Merrill, Charles Evans Hughes Professor of Law at Columbia Law School; Gregory S. Alexander, A. Robert Noll Professor of Law at Cornell Law School; Lee Fennel, Max Pam Professor of Law at the University of Chicago; Joseph William Singer, Bussey Professor of Law at the Harvard Law School; and Vicki L. Been, Boxer Family Professor of Law and director of the Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy at New York University School of Law.

UF Journal of Law and Public Policy hosts symposium on media law March 14

Should false statements of fact be protected under the First Amendment? That was the question at issue in United States v. Alvarez, a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court case overturning the Stolen Valor Act, which attempted to criminalize lying about receiving a military medal. More recently, however, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed a new version of the Stolen Valor Act, creating penalties for individuals who lie about receiving military medals and profit from their deception.

This is the topic of the 2013 Journal of Law and Public Policy’s Annual Symposium, which will be hosted March 14, in the Martin H. Levin Advocacy Center at the UF Levin College of Law. Panelists include University of Florida Levin College of Law Professor Lyrissa Lidsky, attorney Craig D. Feiser, Colonel Michael L. Smidt, Staff Judge Advocate of U.S. Special Operations Command and attorney Kristen Rasmussen.

The event will include a reception beginning at 11:30 a.m., a panel discussion at 12 p.m. followed by a question and answer session. It will be open to students, professors and practitioners.

Come and hear what these experienced professionals have to say on this controversial issue. CLE credit will be offered. Click here for more information on the symposium or here for more information on JLPP.

Dean hosts Music Night March 17

Got a hidden musical talent? Show it off at the upcoming Music Night 2013 to be held Sunday, March 17, at 7 p.m. at the home of Dean Robert Jerry and his wife, Lisa. All students and faculty are invited – but the “ticket” to attend is that you must bring a dessert and agree to perform a musical piece (play an instrument or sing a song). A piano will be available. Each participant can bring one guest. Space is limited, so sign up is on a first-come, first-serve basis. To register, stop by the Dean’s Office and see Doris Perron.

CSRRR spring lecture, panel examines Trayvon Martin case on March 20

The Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations’ 10th annual Spring Lecture & Panel Discussions, “At Close Range: The Curious Case of Trayvon Martin,” will feature New York Times visual op-ed columnist Charles Blow. The event is March 20 in the Chesterfield Smith Ceremonial Classroom, HOL 180.

Participants include UF faculty and graduate students from history, journalism, African-American studies, sociology, anthropology, law, education, political science, English, philosophy and health services research. Panelists will discuss a range of topics including racial bias and media perspectives and they will recommend policy changes.

Blow joined The New York Times in 1994 as a graphics editor and quickly became the paper’s graphics director, a position he held for nine years. Blow went on to become the paper’s design director for news before leaving in 2006 to become the art director of National Geographic Magazine.

Blow often appears on CNN’s “Piers Morgan Tonight,” “Starting Point” and “AC360.” He has also appeared on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” the “Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell” and “Hardball” with Chris Matthews, Headline News’ “The Joy Behar Show,” Fox News’ “Fox and Friends,” the BBC and Al Jazeera, as well as numerous radio programs.

32nd Annual Dunwody Distinguished Lecture in Law

The Florida Law Review welcomes Professor Randy Barnett as the 32nd Annual Dunwody Distinguished Lecturer in Law. Barnett, the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Legal Theory at the Georgetown University Law Center, will discuss the recent United States Supreme Court decision upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 22, in the Martin H. Levin Advocacy Center. The event is free and open to the public.

Barnett has written and commented extensively on the Affordable Care Act and represented the National Federal of Independent Businesses as its case against the ACA was presented before the Supreme Court last spring. Barnett will discuss the general implications of the court’s landmark decision, as well as fundamental misunderstandings he perceives among the legal academic community regarding the decision’s import. Barnett’s lecture, “Who Won the Obamacare Case (and Why Did So Many Law Professors Miss the Boat)?” precedes an article of the same name to be published in an upcoming edition of the Florida Law Review.

For additional information, contact the Florida Law Review at www.FloridaLawReview.com or 352-273-0670.

Electronic Discovery for the Small and Medium Case April 4-5

The University of Florida Levin College of Law and Electronic Discovery Reference Model are pleased to announce the first-of-its-kind conference devoted to “Electronic Discovery for the Small and Medium Case.” The conference will be held April 4 and 5, 2013, at the University of Florida Levin College of Law and will be broadcast live. Students may view the webcasts free of charge.

The conference will focus on solutions to the difficulties, issues, and decisions that attorneys face in competently and cost-effectively handling e-discovery in small and medium cases. The conference will feature demonstrations of a new generation of right-sized e-discovery software and tools for each phase of the e-discovery process in small and medium sized cases and include starter e-discovery toolkits for each in-person attendee.

The toolkits will contain trial licenses for e-discovery software used to preserve and collect electronically stored information (ESI) from desktops to the web; convert collected ESI to usable forms; perform rapid, powerful searches; and facilitate production of relevant, responsive ESI. Representatives from AccessData, Catalyst, Digital WarRoom, iConect, kCura, LexisNexis Litigation Solutions, Nuix, Pinpoint Labs, X1 Discovery and others will be on hand to demonstrate the ease and accessibility of their products – helping attendees test-drive their toolkits.

Online attendees will receive a limited version of the e-discovery toolkit; for the full toolkit you must attend in person.

Whether you attend in person or watch the live stream, don’t miss this chance to learn how to translate e-discovery challenges into a winning strategies.

For more information:

• Conference Website
• About ICAIR & the E-Discovery Project
• Conference Agenda